David Murray WILLIAMSON

WILLIAMSON, David Murray

    Service Number: 116
    Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Place of enlistment - Rosebery Park Camp, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Redfern, Sydney New South Wales, 1894
    Home Town: Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Fort Street Boys High School
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915
    Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
    Plot III, Row F, Grave 5 Headstone Inscription "HIS LAST MESSAGE "UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS",
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 116, 13th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Rosebery Park Camp, New South Wales
    1 Oct 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 116, 13th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Melbourne on 22nd December 1914.
    3 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 116, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in action

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Son of David and Elizabeth Emma WILLIAMSON, 20 Yule Street, Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales

    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Sergt. D. M. Williamson (killed in action) was the third son of ilr. David Williamson, of George-street, Redfern, and was 21 years of age. He was educated at Fort Street, where he
    gained distinction, and until just prior to enlisting he was on the staff of the A.M.P. Society.

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